The Reasonings: A Key to Understanding the Qur’an’s Eloquence

This illuminating guide presents an innovative and contemporary approach to the Qur’an and its philosophy in the Islamic tradition.

From the Holy Book’s purpose and objectives to its rhetoric and eloquence, various aspects of the Qur’an are examined while new insights are provided on the existence and oneness of God, Prophethood, and bodily resurrection.Bediuzzaman Said Nursi was a 20th-century Turkish scholar of Islam and the author of Risale-i Nur, a 6,000-page modern commentary on the Qur’an.

Table of Content

Bediüzzaman and The Reasonings …………………………………………………………… vii
Preface …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 1
Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………………. 7

THE FIRST PART
THE ELEMENT OF TRUTH
The First Premise ………………………………………………………………………………… 11
The Second Premise ……………………………………………………………………………. 14
The Third Premise ………………………………………………………………………………. 16
The Fourth Premise …………………………………………………………………………….. 21
The Fifth Premise ……………………………………………………………………………….. 23
The Sixth Premise ………………………………………………………………………………. 25
The Seventh Premise ………………………………………………………………………….. 29
The Eighth Premise …………………………………………………………………………….. 32
The Ninth Premise ……………………………………………………………………………… 36
The Tenth Premise ……………………………………………………………………………… 40
The Eleventh Premise …………………………………………………………………………. 42
The Twelfth Premise …………………………………………………………………………… 44
First Matter……………………………………………………………………………………. 50
Second Matter ……………………………………………………………………………….. 54
Third Matter …………………………………………………………………………………. 57
Fourth Matter ………………………………………………………………………………… 59
Fifth Matter …………………………………………………………………………………… 64
Sixth Matter ………………………………………………………………………………….. 66
Seventh Matter ……………………………………………………………………………… 67
Eighth Matter ………………………………………………………………………………… 68

THE SECOND PART
THE ESSENCE OF ELOQUENCE
First Matter ………………………………………………………………………………………… 79
Second Matter ……………………………………………………………………………………. 81
Third Matter ………………………………………………………………………………………. 83
Fourth Matter …………………………………………………………………………………….. 85
Fifth Matter ………………………………………………………………………………………… 86
Sixth Matter ………………………………………………………………………………………. 88
Seventh Matter …………………………………………………………………………………… 92
Eighth Matter …………………………………………………………………………………….. 93
Ninth Matter ……………………………………………………………………………………… 94
Tenth Matter ……………………………………………………………………………………… 96
Eleventh Matter ………………………………………………………………………………….. 97
Twelfth Matter …………………………………………………………………………………… 97

THE THIRD PART
THE ELEMENT OF BELIEF
The Element of Belief ………………………………………………………………………… 103
Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………… 104
The First Purpose …………………………………………………………………………. 105
The Second Purpose …………………………………………………………………….. 120
Introduction …………………………………………………………………………… 120
Explaining Some of the Proofs of Muhammad’s Prophethood ………… 128
Introduction ………………………………………………………………………. 128
The First Way ……………………………………………………………………. 129
The Second Way ……………………………………………………………….. 132
The Third Way ………………………………………………………………….. 133
The Fourth Way ………………………………………………………………… 136
The Fifth Way …………………………………………………………………… 144
The Third Purpose ……………………………………………………………………….. 147
Introduction …………………………………………………………………………… 147
A Summation of the Most General Proofs …………………………………. 148
A Second Summation of Two Other General Proofs ………………….. 150

Index ……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 151
Index of God’s Names and Attributes …………………………………………….. 159